Job 7:18
Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
In Context
17What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
19How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
Cross References
Genesis 22:1After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.
Exodus 32:34But go thou, and lead this people whither I have told thee: my angel shall go before thee. And I in the day of revenge will visit this sin also of theirs.
Job 14:3And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?
Isaiah 26:14Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and best destroyed all their memory.
Jeremiah 9:7Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will melt, and try them: for what else shall I do before the daughter of my people?
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:18-21
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in… Read the whole commentary →